The staircase girls
Seymour, Catherine2018
Large Print
In the 1950s, many of the women of Cambridge lived lives of great hardship, but every day their work as servants in the colleges took them into an extraordinarily privileged world. Known as 'bedders' (short for 'bedmakers'), they often became close to their charges: mothering them, covering up for them, sometimes even falling in love with 'their boys'. Revealing their stories for the first time, this book is a poignant account of these remarkable women's lives.
Main title:
The staircase girls / Catherine Seymour.
Author:
Seymour, Catherine, author
Work:
Imprint:
Oxford : ISIS, 2018.
Collation:
396 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Standard print edition originally published: London: Pan Books, 2016.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781785413605 (pbk)
Dewey class:
378.42659378.426
Local class:
378.42659
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2666972